Mental Health

If something doesn't work for you don't think nothing will.
I tried councilling but it made things worse for me. I then got offered 10 sessions of talk therapy, my god what a difference it made.

Quoted from lukeo

If something doesn't work for you don't think nothing will.
I tried councilling but it made things worse for me. I then got offered 10 sessions of talk therapy, my god what a difference it made.

Counselling is a talking therapy so out of interest what type of counselling did you have that didn’t work and what type of talk therapy was successful for you?

Absolutely. Persevere. I chose my therapist because I wanted some CBT. I also studied Transactional Analysis at the same time and both really helped me. Persevere and try different combos. I had medication too and changed it a couple of times. I also struggled with crippling insomnia and intermittent panic attacks. If you address each aspect, things get slowly better.

Quoted from Sandford1981

Counselling is a talking therapy so out of interest what type of counselling did you have that didn’t work and what type of talk therapy was successful for you?

In truth I'm not entirely sure. The councilling just didn't feel right and speaking about what happened whereas the talk therapy was more talking about strategies and the future etc

Quoted from lukeo

In truth I'm not entirely sure. The councilling just didn't feel right and speaking about what happened whereas the talk therapy was more talking about strategies and the future etc

I’d imagine that’s CBT based that worked then. Aside from being a nosey sodomist I was asking so someone else reading it could decipher that there’s lots of different talking therapies and not to give up if one isn’t right for them.

I was exactly the same as Chaos with medication and I tried several different ones before settling on my current form. Trouble is it takes around 6 weeks to know if one’s working but sometimes you know they’re not right a lot quicker.

The caveat to that is a lot have symptoms of their own that you have to battle through initially before they come good. It’s certainly a minefield and a very individualised journey.

I too suffered chronic insomnia which at times was crippling and I’d spend most nights driving about like a serial killer without the murdering bit(honest).

It’s a difficult time of year for some people. There’s lots of offers of listening ears on here so please reach out if you need to talk.

Quoted from LH

It’s a difficult time of year for some people. There’s lots of offers of listening ears on here so please reach out if you need to talk.

This for sure. I'm all ears or I can guide anyone to a safe place to open up whether that be via a phone call or groups such as Men's health of Facebook (highly recommended)

Quoted from lukeo

If something doesn't work for you don't think nothing will.
I tried councilling but it made things worse for me. I then got offered 10 sessions of talk therapy, my god what a difference it made.

Where do you find out about Talk Therapy?    I suffered with anxiety in my late teens, and then was diagnosed with PTSD some years after I left the Army.  I tried various medications, but couldn't cope with the side effects chich mainly consisted of horrific nightmares.  I was referred to a Psychiatrist for 6 sessions, which helped reduce the nightmare's but still left me with other symptoms of PTSD which I have to this day.  I also tried counselling, didn't work, so would be interested to learn a little more about Talk Therapy.

Quoted from 123614

Where do you find out about Talk Therapy?    I suffered with anxiety in my late teens, and then was diagnosed with PTSD some years after I left the Army.  I tried various medications, but couldn't cope with the side effects chich mainly consisted of horrific nightmares.  I was referred to a Psychiatrist for 6 sessions, which helped reduce the nightmare's but still left me with other symptoms of PTSD which I have to this day.  I also tried counselling, didn't work, so would be interested to learn a little more about Talk Therapy.

Counselling is a talk therapy Bear! What type of counselling did you have?

Quoted from Sandford1981

Counselling is a talk therapy Bear! What type of counselling did you have?

My memory is poor now, but it was some kind of Cognitive Therapy?  I attended several sessions but they had no effect whatsoever.